Thai Noodle Soup With Vegetables And Shrimps Recipes

THAI NOODLE SOUP WITH VEGETABLES AND SHRIMPS

Steps:

• PREPARATION (20 minutes).
• Heat the bouillon to boiling temperature. Add the ginger and lemon leaves and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the lemon leaves and ginger and add the soy sauce and fish sauce.
• Cook the noodles according to the instructions printed on the packing of the product but shorten the cooking time with 30 seconds.
• Wash and cut the vegetables. Slice the onion (to half rings). Slice the garlic. Cut the carrot julienne. Cut the shiitake into slices. Cut the pepper into strips. Cut the paksoi into pieces of 1-2 centimeters. Chop the coriander leaves.
• Cut the lime into two halves. Cut one of the two halves into two pieces and leave the other half intact.
• COOKING (10 minutes).
• Fry the onion (1,5 minutes).
• Add pepper and garlic and fry these (1 minute).
• Add mushrooms and fry these (1,5 minute).
• Add carrot and fry these (1 minute).
• Add bouillon and shrimps and bring to boiling point.
• Add paksoi pieces and cook these for a short time (1 minute maximum).
• Squeeze half a lime in the soup.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add the noodles and heat these in the soup.
• Add the coriander and serve the soup.
• SERVING TIPS.
• Serve the soup with the two lime pieces and the chili sauce.
• VARIATIONS.
• Serious vegetarians can replace the shrimps with fried tofu cubes and the fish sauce with light soy sauce. Add these together with the mushrooms.
• The shiitake mushrooms can be replaced with other musrooms like chantarelles.
• The paksoi and carrot can be wholly or partially replced with other crunchy vegetables like chinese cabbage, pepper or fennel. French beans or sugar peas are also tasteful in this dish. When you this you have to adapt the cooking times.
• DORUS TIPS.
• Use a tasteful noodle for this dish. I prefer japanese soba noodles.
• Don't overcook the vegetables. The paksoi has to stay crunchy.

STIR-FRY PRAWNS / SHRIMPS WITH VEGETABLES AND FRESH THAI NOODLES

Steps:

• Heat Wok, add tablespoon peanut oil, allow the oil to heat.
• Add the 'The Vegetables' (Spring onions, red capsicum, snow peas, and carrot) in the wok and stir-fry for four mins, remove to separate bowl. Note: Cook vegetables until your preferred texture, it you like them crisp cook them for 4 mins if you like them soft cook them longer.
• Add the prawns in wok and stir-fry until they are covered with oil.
• Add 'The Sauces' (Sesame oil, lime juice, ketjap manis and sweet chilli sauce) into the wok, stir fry until bubbles and the prawns are pink or no longer transparent, reduce heat.
• Add noodles until they are separated.
• Add mint and coriander, then mix in the vegetables and cook until they are warm.
• Serve in bowls and garnish with roasted cashews.
• Enjoy.

THAI VEGETABLE NOODLE SOUP MY WAY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a work and stir fry the onion and garlic for 3 - 5 minutes.
• Add the carrot, zucchini, green beans and sweet pepper and fry for 3 minutes until tender.
• Add the stock and milk and bring to a boil.
• Next add the soya sauce, curry paste and noodles and simmer for 5 minutes, until your noodles have swelled.
• Add the bean sprouts and cilantro and serve right away.